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Pollution characterization, adsorption, and SERS-based detection of enrofloxacin adsorbed on microplastics in aquaculture water

Researchers characterized microplastic pollution and enrofloxacin antibiotic adsorption in aquaculture pond water, then developed a SERS-based detection method using hydrophilic membrane enrichment to quantify the antibiotic on MP surfaces in environmental water samples.

2025 Environmental Research 3 citations
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Advances in Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Detection of Aquatic Environmental Pollutants

This review examines surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) as a technique for detecting aquatic pollutants, highlighting its exceptional sensitivity and molecular fingerprinting capability for identifying microplastics and other contaminants at trace concentrations.

2025 Analysis & Sensing
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Superhydrophobic Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Substrates for Sensitive Detection of Trace Nanoplastics in Water

Researchers developed a new method to detect extremely small nanoplastics in water by combining a water-repelling surface that concentrates particles with a technique called SERS that amplifies their chemical signal. The method can identify common nanoplastics like polystyrene and PMMA at very low concentrations, which is an important step toward monitoring these tiny pollutants that are difficult to detect with current tools.

2025 Analytical Chemistry 30 citations
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Advanced microplastic monitoring using Raman spectroscopy with a combination of nanostructure-based substrates

Researchers reviewed advances in Raman spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) — a technique that amplifies light signals using metallic nanostructures — for detecting micro- and nanoplastics at trace concentrations in environmental samples, highlighting new plasmonic materials, 3D substrates, and microfluidic chip platforms that enable on-site monitoring.

2022 Journal of nanostructure in chemistry 46 citations
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On-Site Detection of Nanoplastics in Liquid Phase by SERS Method

Researchers developed an on-site detection method for nanoplastics in liquid samples using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), achieving sensitive identification without the laboratory infrastructure required by conventional GC-MS approaches. The SERS method successfully differentiated nanoplastic types in environmental water samples, offering a practical tool for rapid field-deployable nanoplastic monitoring.

2025
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Plasmonic-based Raman sensor for ultra-sensitive detection of pharmaceutical waste

This paper is not relevant to microplastics research; it describes a plasmonic Raman sensor for detecting pharmaceutical contaminants in water and food — the sensor uses surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) but is focused on pharmaceutical waste, not plastic particles.

2024 Environmental Science Nano 2 citations
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Breaking the Size Barrier: SERS-Based Ultrasensitive Detection and Quantification of Polystyrene Plastics in Real Water Samples

Researchers developed a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) method capable of detecting and quantifying polystyrene plastic particles of various sizes — including nanoplastics — in real environmental water samples at ultrasensitive concentrations.

2025 Analytical Chemistry
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Microextraction based on microplastic followed by SERS for on-site detection of hydrophobic organic contaminants, an indicator of seawater pollution

Researchers used microplastics as a sampling tool combined with surface-enhanced Raman scattering to detect and measure a toxic organic pollutant (fluoranthene) in seawater. This approach could offer a portable, cost-effective way to monitor water contamination in the field.

2020 Journal of Hazardous Materials 41 citations
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A review of recent progress in the application of Raman spectroscopy and SERS detection of microplastics and derivatives

This review covers advances in using Raman spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to detect and identify microplastics in the environment. These techniques offer high resolution and sensitive detection that can identify specific plastic types even at very small sizes. Better detection methods are essential for understanding the true extent of microplastic contamination and its potential risks to human health.

2023 Microchimica Acta 53 citations
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In situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic environments

This study evaluated surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) as a method for detecting and identifying microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic environments, demonstrating its potential for detecting particles too small for conventional spectroscopy while noting remaining challenges for field deployment.

2020 The Science of The Total Environment 333 citations
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Optimizing composite microplastics for antibiotics removal in water: An eco-friendly solution

Researchers investigated the adsorption of antibiotics ciprofloxacin and flucloxacillin onto PET and HDPE microplastics, characterizing the particles via FTIR, SEM, and EDX and fitting isotherm models to show that microplastics can serve as carriers of antibiotic pollutants in aquatic environments.

2025 Sustainable Environment
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Latest Advances and Developments to Detection of Micro‐ and Nanoplastics Using Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

This review examines the latest developments in using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to detect micro- and nanoplastics in various environmental samples. Researchers found that SERS offers significantly improved sensitivity compared to conventional methods, enabling detection of smaller plastic particles. The study suggests that SERS-based approaches hold promise for advancing nanoplastic detection, though challenges around standardization and reproducibility remain.

2022 Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 52 citations
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Implications of polystyrene and polyamide microplastics in the adsorption of sulfonamide antibiotics and their metabolites in water matrices

Researchers found that polystyrene and polyamide microplastics can absorb sulfonamide antibiotics from water, with smaller particles and acidic conditions increasing absorption significantly. This means microplastics in the environment can act as carriers for antibiotics, potentially spreading antimicrobial resistance. The finding raises concerns because people may be exposed to both microplastics and the drugs they carry through contaminated water and food.

2024 Aquatic Toxicology 13 citations
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Research Progress of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Technology in Food, Biomedical, and Environmental Monitoring

This review covers advances in SERS (Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering) technology, a powerful detection method that can identify trace amounts of contaminants at the molecular level. The technology has been applied to detecting microplastics, pesticide residues, heavy metals, and disease biomarkers in food, medical, and environmental samples. Better detection tools like SERS are important because they could help scientists measure exactly how much microplastic contamination is present in food and water.

2025 Photonics 8 citations
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Characterization of microplastics and their interaction with antibiotics in wastewater

Researchers characterized microplastics in wastewater and investigated their interactions with antibiotics, examining how microplastic surfaces adsorb antibiotic compounds and the implications for antibiotic transport and dissemination in wastewater treatment systems.

2025 e_Buah
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Advances in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensors of Pollutants in Water Treatment

This paper is not about microplastics; it reviews surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors developed between 2021 and 2023 for detecting pharmaceuticals, pesticides, herbicides, and heavy metal ions in water — microplastics are not among the target analytes.

2023 Nanomaterials 13 citations
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Identification of polystyrene nanoplastics using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Researchers demonstrated for the first time that surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) using silver nanoparticles can identify polystyrene nanoplastics as small as 50 nm in real water samples, providing a rapid detection method that bypasses conventional sample preparation and could advance environmental monitoring of nanoplastics previously invisible to standard analytical techniques.

2020 Talanta 207 citations
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Trapping tiny pollutants: SERS-driven strategies for microplastics and nanoplastics detection

This review explores how surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is being developed as a highly sensitive tool for detecting and identifying micro- and nanoplastics in environmental and biological samples. Researchers highlight recent advances in sensor design, the integration of machine learning for improved accuracy, and the technique's potential for real-world monitoring. The study also identifies key challenges, including signal variability and the lack of standardized methods, that need to be resolved for broader adoption.

2025 iScience 2 citations
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Sensitive and rapid detection of trace microplastics concentrated through Au-nanoparticle-decorated sponge on the basis of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

A gold nanoparticle-decorated sponge substrate was developed for concentrating trace microplastics followed by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy identification, achieving sensitive detection of polystyrene, polyethylene, and PET particles at very low concentrations from water samples with minimal sample preparation.

2021 Environmental Advances 58 citations
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Simultaneous detection of nanoplastics and adsorbed pesticides by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Researchers used Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) with silver and gold nanoparticles to simultaneously detect nanoplastic particles and pesticides adsorbed onto their surfaces at environmentally relevant concentrations. The technique successfully identified both the plastic carrier and the co-transported contaminant in a single measurement, demonstrating its utility for assessing the combined hazard of nanoplastic-pesticide complexes.

2025 NanoImpact
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Multispectroscopic Characterization of Surface Interaction between Antibiotics and Micro(nano)-sized Plastics from Surgical Masks and Plastic Bottles

Researchers used multiple spectroscopic techniques to characterize how antibiotics interact with micro- and nano-sized plastic particles derived from surgical masks and plastic bottles. The study found that these plastic particles can adsorb antibiotics onto their surfaces, and the findings suggest this interaction could have implications for how contaminant-laden microplastics behave in living systems.

2023 ACS Omega 15 citations
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Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics

This study examined the adsorption of antibiotics onto different microplastic types, finding that sorption capacity depended on both the antibiotic's chemical properties and the plastic's surface characteristics, with implications for antibiotic transport in aquatic environments.

2018 Environmental Pollution 1314 citations
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Sorption of selected pharmaceutical compounds on polyethylene microplastics: Roles of pH, aging, and competitive sorption

Researchers found that polyethylene microplastics adsorb pharmaceutical compounds including an antibiotic, a beta-blocker, and an antidepressant, with sorption capacity influenced by pH, aging of the plastic, and competition between compounds — raising concern about microplastics as carriers of pharmaceuticals in aquatic environments.

2022 Chemosphere 36 citations
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Hetero-charge-based surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy: An in situ rapid detection strategy for real marine nanoplastics

Researchers developed an in situ SERS detection method using oppositely charged gold nanoparticles to capture and identify nanoplastics directly in seawater without filtration or drying, achieving a detection limit of 0.1 µg/mL in artificial seawater and successfully identifying polystyrene in a real marine sample.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials 2 citations